Dr Diana Tolmie is Senior Lecturer of Professional Practice at the Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University, D’Addario International Artist, and Chair of the Juror Council for the Australian Women in Music Awards. Passionately teaching and researching performance, pedagogy, musicians’ health and vocational preparation, her ongoing nation-wide investigation in the Transferable Skills of Musicians has seen her deliver a TEDx talk and guest on ABC radio. Her teaching excellence has been nationally recognised by: a University Australia Citation for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning (2018), a 2021 Australian Universities Award for Teaching Excellence (Creative Arts) - the most recognised national teaching award in her field, and more recently the 2023 AFR Higher Education (Employability) Award. She continues to lead an exciting life as a freelance woodwind specialist in a multitude of genres, performing in countless interstate and international tours, plus appearing in live radio and television broadcasts as performer and speaker. For more information please visit https://www.linkedin.com/in/diana-tolmie/
Experience
–present
Senior Lecturer of Professional Practice, Griffith University
Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University, Grad Dip of Music
1993
Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University, Bachelor of Music
Publications
2023
Quantifying first-year student musicians’ ‘calling’: Initial implications for professional preparation curriculum design, Research Studies in Music Education
2023
Crisis, what’s a crisis? Some methodological reflections on evaluating the impact of Covid-19 on Australian arts and culture, Journal for Cultural Research
2020
2050 and beyond: A futurist perspective on musicians’ livelihoods, Music Education Research
2018
What are you doing the rest of your life? A profile of jazz/contemporary voice graduates, International Journal of Music Education
2018
Community music in Oceania: Many voices, one horizon, University of Hawaii Press
Grants and Contracts
1999
New Research Grant
Role:
Chief Investigator
Funding Source:
Griffith University
Professional Memberships
Chair of the Juror Council for the Australian Women in Music Awards